Inscriptions serve as a missing link to the past, offering many historical clues otherwise unavailable elsewhere.

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, a wall of Quranic inscriptions hangs in a gallery dedicated to Abrahamic religions in Africa, seen in a Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, Senegal.

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An urge to preciseness, to aesthetic numeration, comes over me as I walk through "Doris Duke's Shangri La," the exhibit of Islamic art running through Aug. 31 at the Nevada Museum of Art. Exactly how ...

Hidden in the heart of Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock rises in gold above centuries of faith, conflict, and beauty. But what lies inside this world-famous landmark is even more breathtaking. Beneath ...